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shop-bought

shop-bought adjective: purchased in a shop (as opposed to being home-made).

Adjective

shop-bought (not comparable)

  1. purchased in a shop (as opposed to being home-made)

Forms of shop-bought

alternative formshopbought

Origin of shop-bought

From shop + bought.

Questions about shop-bought

What does shop-bought mean?
Shop-bought means purchased in a shop (as opposed to being home-made).
What part of speech is shop-bought?
Shop-bought is an adjective.

Words near shop-bought in the dictionary

  1. shop vacs
  2. shop window
  3. shop windows
  4. shop-bell
  5. shop-bells
  6. shop-bought
  7. shop-bouncer
  8. shop-bouncers
  9. shop-goer
  10. shop-goers
  11. shop-keeper

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